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American Ballet Theatre (ABT) is a classical ballet company based in New York City.Founded in 1939 [2] by Lucia Chase and Richard Pleasant. Through 2019, it had an annual eight-week season at the Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center) in the spring and a shorter season at the David H. Koch Theater in the fall; the company tours around the world the rest of the year.
Misty Copeland was the first African American female ballet dancer to be promoted to principal at the American Ballet Theatre. [13] Copeland became a member of ABT's Studio Company in 2000 and began performing with the full company in 2001. [14] She was promoted to soloist in 2007, and in 2015 she was promoted to principal. [14]
Project Pele is a project of the US Department of Defense to build a deployable nuclear power reactor [1] for use in United States Armed Forces remote operating bases. In 2020 the project was listed as relevant to lunar and Mars missions. [2]: 15 presumably for surface operations rather than rocket propulsion.
Rachel S. Moore (born c. 1964) [1] is an American arts administrator. She is the president and CEO of the Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County (The Music Center), which operates the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the Ahmanson Theater, the Mark Taper Forum, and Grand Park.
The Metallurgical Laboratory was established as part of the Metallurgical Project, under the S-1 Committee, and also known as the "Pile" or "X-10" Project, headed by Chicago professor Arthur H. Compton, a Nobel Prize laureate. In turn, it became part of the Manhattan Project – the Allied effort to develop the atomic bomb during World War II.
Tebanicline (ebanicline, ABT-594) is a potent synthetic nicotinic (non-opioid) analgesic drug developed by Abbott. It was developed as a less toxic analog of the potent poison dart frog -derived compound epibatidine , which is about 200 times stronger than morphine as an analgesic , but produces extremely dangerous toxic side effects.
The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre (ABT/JKO School) is the associate school of American Ballet Theatre located at 890 Broadway, within the Flatiron District of Manhattan, New York City. The school comprises a children's division for ages 4 to 12, a pre-professional division for ages 12 to 18, and the preparatory ...
Ashley Bouder (/ ˈ b aʊ d ər /; born December 10, 1983) is an American ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer at the New York City Ballet. She also founded and currently runs her own project, The Ashley Bouder Project.